Festival season approaches, legends come to the Opera House, and a young Irish phenomenon continues to impact on UK telly, writes Arts Editor Des O'Driscoll.

With the Oscars taking place on Sunday, tomorrow is good timing for the release of Parasite, the South Korean film that’s been nominated in six categories

Wide-ranging budget adjustments are required to stabilise RTÉ’s finances, while the TV licence system is now “completely untenable”, director general Dee Forbes will tell TDs today.

There's two senior provincial finals and three All-Ireland ladies finals in store this weekend.

We may only be a few episodes into the latest series of The Young Offenders, but the immensely popular show has today been confirmed for a third season by the BBC.

Shirley McCay says she is “not one for the spotlight” but there is something extra special about the big stage that awaits her 300th international cap today in Ireland’s Olympic qualifier against Canada at Energia Park (7pm, live on RTÉ2).

A peak audience of 1,099,900 watched the final minutes of Sunday’s yesterday’s pulsating All-Ireland football final between Kerry and Dublin on RTE Two.

Five things for the week ahead with Des O'Driscoll.

After waiting eight years for Ireland to reach the U19 Euros, captain Lee O’Connor wants a swift start today against Norway in Yerevan (3.45pm, RTÉ Two).

GAA president John Horan insists that a Cork double-bill in Croke Park was not feasible this weekend.

England full-back Lucy Bronze has defended her team’s penalty taking after they once again had a spot-kick saved, this time in their Women’s World Cup semi-final loss to the United States.

In the UK, the game was the most-watched TV programme of the year so far on all British channels.

Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley is surprised he won’t see the familiar face of John Caulfield in the opposing dugout at Tallaght Stadium tonight.

Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley is surprised he won’t see the familiar face of John Caulfield in the opposing dugout at Tallaght Stadium tonight.

What do you think of the move?

All 52 games will be broadcast live.

With her sky-high energy and can-do attitude, it’s no surprise to hear fashion blogger Ciara O’Doherty will soon be our screens.

Des O'Driscoll has you covered for what to watch this week.

The county of Cork will provide an intersection for the worlds of music and literature during the summer at several events. Among them is the West Cork Literary Festival (July 12-19)

It's a new era in the rivalry of the League of Ireland's 'New Firm' but the old bugbears remain just as relevant, with Cork City boss John Caulfield calling for a ban on artificial pitches.

At the end of an atrocious year for the Irish football team, results will be off the agenda for a couple of hours at least when Dublin hosts the Euro 2020 draw tomorrow.

Schmidt feared that Ireland would be denied victory in a repeat of 2013, his first outing against his native country as Ireland head coach.

"It was unreal. Boys showing up everywhere. Tackles that probably shouldn't have been made. Plays that shouldn't have been made. Guys were fighting for each other and fighting for the cause."

Chris Shields will have his own gong to add to a league medal when champions Dundalk are presented with the silverware after tonight’s game against Sligo Rovers at Oriel Park.

With one hand already on the title, Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny is determined to complete the job against St Patrick’s Athletic at Oriel Park tonight (7.45pm, live on RTÉ2).

After many years of straightforward Champions League coverage — Tuesday for TV3; Wednesday for RTÉ — all changes rather utterly for Irish viewers from tonight. The major departure is that the Virgin takeover of TV3 has meant the loss of free-to-air coverage for the Wednesday games. There is also a tweak to the kick-off times. Here’s how it works:

Cork City boss John Caulfield has told his players it is time to “stand up and be counted” as they look to rescue their stuttering season.

Had things gone the other way in her sliding doors moment five years ago, Claire O’Riordan might’ve been part of Limerick’s GAA set-up rather than marshalling Ireland’s defence in tonight’s concluding World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland (Tallaght, 5.30pm, live on RTÉ2).

Cork City have no fears about skipper Conor McCormack keeping cool in the white-hot atmosphere of Oriel Park on Friday night.

Cork City have no fears about skipper Conor McCormack keeping cool in the white-hot atmosphere of Oriel Park on Friday night.

RTÉ could be forced to reduce its public service content and viewers could face more repeats on their TV sets unless the broadcaster gets either increased public funding or achieves greater efficiencies, according to the latest independent review of public service broadcasting.

Aisling and Danielle are back!

Did you ever realise you had been mispronouncing a word all your life? Did that realisation happen on national television?

The endorsement of a children’s charity by the homegrown heroes of The Young Offenders is entirely in keeping with their character: hard chaws with soft cores.

Larry Ryan on Saturday: Throwing snowballs at the week’s sport

You could soon be walking in the footsteps of Cork’s favourite tracksuit-wearing teenage tearaways, Conor and Jock, if a former lord mayor has his way.

The prospect of an Irish U20s jersey must have seemed a distant dream to a 16-year-old Tom O’Toole, as he looked out the window of Campbell College, in Belfast, on his first night at the school, and thought about the family he had left 10,000 miles behind, in Australia.